by mike | Dec 26, 2024 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I have no idea why I’m attracted to mountain-climbing movies like VERTICAL LIMIT, since all of them involve someone going SPLAT on the ground. This post first ran in 2021. I was on the fence about presenting the 2000 survival thriller, Vertical Limit, as a Guilty...
by mike | Dec 23, 2024 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last week, on Ludwig Von Beethoven’s birthday (December 16th), I happened to watch DIE HARD, because…well, it’s that time of year. Not until afterward did I make the connection between Beethoven and Bruce. (If you know the movie, then you know what I mean.) Anyway, in...
by mike | Dec 9, 2024 | Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Oh babe! Then it fell apart. But if there is indeed a new Jason Bourne thriller on the horizon, I would definitely stand in line for this. Who knows? Secrets and lies abound in the spy universe. DEVELOPMENT HELL AGAIN? Matt Damon first played Jason Bourne, the...
by mike | Nov 25, 2024 | Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The turkey I’m going to address—a weird film titled Mimic 2—has nothing to do with the turkey you’ll doubtless be partaking of later this week. This being Thanksgiving week, it seems appropriate to write about a turkey of a movie. I’m talking about Mimic 2, the 2001...
by mike | Oct 28, 2024 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
As an old(er) guy living in a gated 55+ community, I no longer have to hand out Halloween candy at the front door, since no one does trick-or-treating here. In addition to eating the last two Reese’s peanut butter cups, I get all the ones that come before them! Pretty...
by mike | Oct 17, 2024 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This seems like an overused movie device. I first presented this post in 2021. Recently, while watching the Gerard Butler-fueled disaster film, Greenland, it occurred to me that a lot of couples with troubled marriages/relationships have been brought together by their...
